Question

Juan buys 18 meters of wire. He cuts the wire into pieces that are each 3 meters long. How many pieces of wire does he cut? Draw and label a tape diagram to solve.

Answer 1

Hello, AmyBeth, Okay. So Juan has 18 meters right? So Juan cut them into 3 meters each. What x 3 = 18? You should have 6

Answer 2

6 pieces.

Explanation:

Please find the attachment for tape diagram.

We have been given that Juan buys 18 meters of wire. He cuts the wire into pieces that are each 3 meters long.

To find the number of pieces of wire, we will divide total length by 3.

`\text{Number of pieces of wire}=(18)/(3)`

`\text{Number of pieces of wire}=6`

Therefore, Juan cut 6 pieces of wire.